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APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 190B.

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WILLIAM BARTO, OF BREWSTER, KANSAS.

DRAFT ATTACHMENT AND EVEN'ER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 6, 1908.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Serial No. 442,084.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BARTO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brewster, in the county of Thomas and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft Attachments andEveners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to draft attachments, or devices for applyingdraft to plows and other implements Where it is desirable that the draftanimals walking abreast, shall walk at one side of the line of progress,so as to avoid, as far as possible, walking in the furrows that havebeen upturned'by a previ- L will readily appearas the nature of theinvention is better understood, the same con sists in the improvedconstruction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which willbe hereafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theinvention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a top plan view of a draft attachment andevener constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig.2 is asectional elevation taken on the plane indicated by the line 22, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional detail view taken on the planeindicated by the line 33, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view ofthe adjustable extension bracket.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of references.

The improved draft attachment or appliance comprises a pair of sidemembers or plates 1, 2, fitted against the opposite sides of the plowbeam, tongue or other draft member 3, upon which the said side membersare securely clampedby means of bolts 4, 4, and 5, 5, the bolts 4, 4being adjacent to the upper side, and the bolts 5, 5, adjacent to thelower side of the beam or draft member 3. The plates or side members 1,2, are provided at their front ends with laterally extending arms 6, 7,the outer extremities of which are connected by means of braces 8, 9,with the rear clamping bolts 4, 5. The arm 6 and the brace 8 areprovided at their outer ends with forward extensions 10 11, lyingclosely adj acent to each other, and combining to form a forwardextending bracket; the outer extremities of the arm 7 and the brace 9are connected together by a clamping bolt 12, and between said arm andbrace there is interposed an angular or L-shaped extension bracket B,having a slot 13 engaging the bolt 12, upon which the said extensionbracket is thus adjustably mounted; the forward extending arm 14 of thebracket B, being provided with an aperture 15 for the reception of oneend of an adjustable brace rod, as will be presently more fullydescribed.

The forward extending bracket, 0, which if formed by the contiguousforward extensions 10, 11, at the outer ends of the arm 6 and the brace8, serves for the attachment of a pair of angle-plates 16, havingforward extending ears 17 that are apertured for the passage of a pin orbolt 18, upon which the draw-head 19 is hingedly supported; saiddraw-head consisting of an approximately U-shaped plate, the crossbar ofwhich is provided with a plurality of apertures 20.

An evener or draft equalizer D, which may be of any suitableconstruction, and which may be adapted for the attachment of three, fouror more draft animals, includes a Whiffletree 21, having a hook 22, orother suitable connecting means engaging a clip or clevis 23, whichlatter straddles the drawhead 19, and is connected with said drawhead bymeans of an adjustable brace rod R, comprising two members 25, 26, thatare adjustably connected by means of a turn buckle 27 one of saidmembers 26, being provided with a terminal hook 28, engaging theaperture 15 in the extension bracket B, while the other member isprovided with a terminal down-turned hook 29, that extends through theeyes 24 of the clevis 23, and through one of the apertures 20 in thedraw head, thus constituting the means whereby said clevis is connectedwith the draw head for the attachment of the draft.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description taken. in connection With thedrawings hereto annexed. The construction is very simple, and it will bereadily seen that the line of draft may be adjusted laterally byproperly adjusting the extension bracket B, and the brace rod It, Wellas by changing the point of attachment of the clevis 28 to the draw head19. Any desired change may be ellected very quickly and easily and thedevice will be found thoroughly eflicient and satisfactory for thepurposes for Which it is provided.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

In a draft appliance, a beam, plates clamped upon the sides of the beamand having laterally extending arms, braces extendf mg from the outerextremities of the arms to ably between the outer extremities of theJacent to the upper and lower sides of the beams a bracket memberclamded ad ust- 1 arm and brace at one side of the beam, angle platesconnected at the outer extren'iities ol the arm and brace at theopposite side of the beam, a draw head hingedly connected with the angleplates and having vertical apertures, a clevis straddling the draw headand having eyes registering with one of the apertures, and an adjustablebrace rod comprising separate members and a turn-hucl le adjustablyconnecting said ,mmnbers; said brace rod being provided with a terminaltension. plate, and a terminal hook at its oppositc end extendingthrough the eyes in the clevls and through the registering aperture l inthe draw head.

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WILLIAM BAH'IU.

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